As a new player in the airjet yarn market, Rieter customer – Suzhou Sishon Biofibre Co Ltd – aims to become one of the largest producers in China. Despite increasing energy and personnel costs, the company's goal is to market a yarn with a high level of quality and consistency.

Rieter’s growth in order intake in the Asian countries (excluding China, India and Turkey) was pleasing.
The Rieter Group achieved an order intake of CHF 1 051.5 million in the 2017 financial year. This represents an increase of 16 per cent compared to the previous year (+ CHF 146.3 million). Thus, the upturn seen in the first half of 2017 continued. Sales totaled CHF 965.6 million, up 2 per cent on the previous year (2016: CHF 945.0 million). The full annual financial statements and the 2017 Annual Report will be published by Rieter on March 13, 2018.

On April 6, 2015, the inauguration ceremony of the Rieter Test & Training Centre was held at the DKTE Society´s Textile and Engineering Institute in Ichalkaranji, India. The Test & Training Centre has been developed in an exclusive cooperation with D.K.T.E. and highlights the latest Rieter J 20 air-jet spinning machine.